Each year the Barefoot Clan meets the first Sunday of August at the Sequoia Pavilion in the Windber Recreation Park, Windber, Pennsylvania. This blog will include the information from the newsletter: minutes, announcements, obituaries, social news, prize winners, etc., plus items of interest. Editor of the newsletter is Sylvia H. Sonneborn, assisted by Vicki Erdley, Betsy Hawthorne, and others.

President Vicki Erdley called the 91st meeting of the Barefoot Clan at the Recreational Park in Windber, PA. The group began with the Pledge of Allegiance.We sang “America the Beautiful”Reading of Deceased Members by Betsy Hawthorne – Moment of silence

Reading of 2007 minutes by Bobbie WoodleyMotion to accept minutes made by Betsy HawthorneSecond by Dorothy Barefoot

Reading of Treasurer’s ReportEveryone received a copy.Motion to accept made by Tim BarefootSecond by Jim Strange

Request to increase donation to Cemetery Assoc. @ Pleasantville Cemetery/Bob Felton to $120.00Motion to donate made by Betsy HawthorneSecond by Carol Scott

Motion made to keep all officers as is by Tim BarefootSecond by Dorothy Barefoot

Cake won by Allison Prave, she will bake the cake for next year.Ashley Hott guessed the correct amount for the M & M jar.

We received a total of $ 6.00 for the cake & m & M guess. The Chinese auction & basket raffle netted $ 270.00.Bill Barefoot passed the hat & we collected $119.00. We collected $90.00 for sale of books.

Dorothy Barefoot and daughter Penny Espenshade will organize food brought for lunchMary Ellen Young will be in charge of prizes.Bobbie Woodley will be in charge of both the Chinese auction & basket raffle. Tickets will be sold for both.Mary Ellen Young will be in charge of kid’s games

Carol Scott told us there is ancestor information at the Schellsburg Museum, open 12 pm to 4 pm. It is in the former Odd Fellow Building

Motion to adjourn meeting was made by Tim BarefootSecond by Mary Ellen Young

We come into this world Barefoot, and we leave it Barefoot too.

We of the Barefoot Reunion Association welcome you to our genealogy site. For over 95 years we have met as a clan, and we have attempted to save some of the history of the Barefoots in Pennsylvania. We begin with James Barefoot and Mary "Polly" (Sleek/Slick) Barefoot in Bedford County, PA. From their large family we have thousands of descendants. One of the blogspots also takes you back to the history of Benjamin Barefoot and Rebecca Ross (James' parents) and also Sgt. William Slick/Sleek (Mary's parents). Along the side of this blogspot, you can click on links to 4 other blogspots. This one is the current one, featuring newsletters from the present. We hope you enjoy learning about our family. Join us for the family reunion the first Sunday of August at noon at the Sequoia Pavilion, Windber Recreation Park, Windber, PA. And yes, we do wear shoes!

About Me

I was born in Johnstown, PA, daughter of Coy and Elizabeth Krise Hott.
After completing high school at Central Cambria, Ebensburg, I attended Shippensburg State College. With a major in English and a minor in mathematics and general science, I was graduated from Shippensburg University. Presently I hold a BS and MEd in English. After graduation from college, I taught at Dallastown Area High School, Dallastown, PA. I stopped for a while when my son Patshal was born. After resuming my career, I taught English in Eastern York High School, Wrightsville, PA, for 35 years. I have only one son and a grandson. Now retired, I worked in public relations and family history. I was married to Patchel Landis from 1966-1980 (div); presently I am married to Jack Sonneborn from 1985-present. We have one cat- Dexter. We enjoy doing family history, and we frequently are presenters at genealogy conferences. I do a newsletter for the Barefoot Family and also a monthly genealogy newsletter with my husband Jack. Jack and I served a part-time mission, starting on 1 November 2009 as Family History Support Consultants for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.